Rosario Liggio (1828 - 1849)

Born 13 Mar 1828 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia

Ancestors

Husband of Maria Carmela Piazza — married 30 Nov 1848 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Descendants

Died 22 Dec 1849 at age 21 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia

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Biography

Rosario Leggio (or Liggio) and his twin sister Carmela are born on 12 March 1828 in Corleone to Vito Leggio and Antonina Lipari. His godparents are Giuseppe Panepinto and his wife, Marianna.^[1] Carmela dies a week later on 21 March 1828.^[2]

In the 1834 stato delle anime, Maestro Vito Liggio, 52 (b. 1781), heads a household on Strada della Lombardia with his wife Antonina, 41 (b. 1792), and children: Leonardo, 20 (b. 1813), Paola, 19 (b. 1814), Calogero, 21 (b. 1812), Vito and Lucia, 14 (b. 1819), Bernarda, 11 (b. 1822), Rosario, 7 (b. 1826), and Giuseppa, 1 (b. 1832).^[3]

Rosario marries Maria Carmela Piazza, the daughter of Vincenzo Piazza and Rosa Vernagallo, on 30 November 1848 in Corleone. His father has passe.^[4]

Death

According to Giovanni Colletto in his history of Corleone, Rosario Liggio, and his unmarried friend, Carmelo Terranova, age 26 (he is 22), were in the habit of staying out late and in possession of weapons in public, which, before the revolution, was illegal. Carmelo's mother, Maria Carmela Canali, wanting to scare her son into obedience, asked a police officer to stop the young men one night. The officer found knives on them and the two are tried and sentenced to death. Note: The issue with Colletto's account is that Maria Carmela Canali died ten years earlier in the cholera epidemic. Carmelo and Rosario are executed by firing squad on 22 December 1849 in the Piano del Borgo, and are buried in the Cappuccini cemetery. Rosario is survived by his wife, Carmela.^[5][6][7][8]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism of Rosarius Leggio, page 33, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6PNC-3C?cc=2046915&wc=MG34-FMS%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351550801 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1827-1836 > image 78 of 327; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
2. ↑ Death of Carmela Leggio, 21 March 1828, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DR73-PFR?cc=2046915&wc=MG3Q-PTL%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351589901 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Morti 1816-1837 > image 343 of 615; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
3. ↑ Vito Liggio family, 1834 stato delle anime, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YMX3-XNX?cc=2046915&wc=MG3M-GP6%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351652301 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Stato delle Anime 1834-1843 > image 66 of 357; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
4. ↑ Marriage of Rosarii Leggio and Ma. Carmela Piazza, record no. 2014, 30 November 1848, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DT6S-FW8?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-VZS%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351561801 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Matrimoni 1832-1856 > image 256 of 443; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
5. ↑ Colletto, Giovanni. Storia della Citta' di Corleone. Siracusa: Tipografia Littoriale, 1936. Pp. 385-6. (Out of print.)
6. ↑ Death of Rosario Liggio, 22 December 1849, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DY89-57T?cc=2046915&wc=MG3H-2NG%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351385901 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Morti 1842-1849 > image 171 of 190; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
7. ↑ Note on the deaths of Carmelo Terranova and Rosario Liggio, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DR73-PGT?cc=2046915&wc=MG3Q-PTP%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351594901 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Morti 1837-1843 > image 4 of 194; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
8. ↑ Death of Rosario Liggio, allegati 1869, "Italia, Palermo, Palermo, Stato Civile (Tribunale), 1866-1910," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97B-X6PK?cc=2051639&wc=MCTM-F3D%3A351055601%2C352253401%2C352298701 : 22 May 2014), Palermo > Corleone > Allegati (nati, matrimoni, morti) 1868-1872 > image 1466 of 2993; Tribunale di Cagliari (Cagliari Court, Cagliari).